Check-hook



(No Model.) v

' A. P. KIBHL.

CHECK HOOK.

No. 596,116. Patented Deo. 28,1897.

NTTED STATES 'PATENT Trios. v

AUGUST F. KIEHL, OF NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO fFREDRIOK O. KIEHL, OF REEDSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CHECK-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,1 16, datedDecember 28, 1897.

Application filed August 12, 18961 To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, AUGUST F. KIEHL, a citizen of the lUnited States,residing vat Norfolk, in the county of Madison and State of Nebraska,have invented a new anduseful OheckI-Iook, of which the following is aspeciiication. p

This invention relates to check-hooks, and has for its object to devisean article of this character which will retain the check or overdrawagainst accidental displacement and enable it being readily-and easilyplaced in position and removed from the hook when desired with the sameease and despatch.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is lto be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement issusceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the mi-A nor details of construction without departingfrom the principles or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and toa full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved check hook, showing theoperation of the guard-by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthereof, showing the guard in full. Fig. 3 is a section on the line X Xof Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawing by thesame reference-characters'. 1

The hook l has a recess 2 in-its shank to form a seat for a coil-spring'3, and has the end portion of its bill curved outwardly away from theshank, as shown at 4, and is provided with a slot 5 in the said billadjacent to the curved end 4. Ears 6 are formed on the inner side of theshank, contiguous to the free end thereof, and receive between them thereduced end of a guard 7, the latter being pivoted to the ears by meansof apin 8, passing through registering openings in the ears 6 and thereduced end of the guard 7, located between them.

The guard 7 is curved into an approximately C form, and its outer end 9curves serial No. 602,541. (No model.)

inwardly in an opposite direction to the curved end 4 of the bill andprovides a V-shaped space between the curved ends 4 and 9 to give properdirection to and facilitate the introduction of the check or overdrawinto the hook when required. This guard 7 extends across the spaceformed between the bill and shank of thehook l and is intended to retainthe strap in place when engaged with the hook. The'outer portion of theguard enters the slot 5 and is prevented from lateral displacementthereby. A teat or protuberance lO is formed on the rear side of theguard 7 and projects into the upper end of the coil-spring and actsjointly with the recess 2 to retain the spring 3 in proper positionunder all conditions. The function of the spring 3 is to hold the guard7 normally projected across the space formed between the shank and billof the hook, thereby preventing the accidental displacement of the checkafter the latter is engaged with the hook and passed behind the guard.

In order to engage the overdraw or check with the hook, it is onlynecessary to present the strap to the space formed between the curvedends4and 9 and press it inward, thereby compressing the spring 3 andcausing the guard 7 to turn upon its pivotal connection 8 and allow thestrap to pass by the guard into the space formed between it and thebight of the hook, and after the strap has passed by the guard thespring 3 will regain itself and throw the guard into engagement with`the vouter end of the bill and retain the strap in engagement with thehook. When it is required to remove the strap from the hook, the guardis turned upon its pivot 8 by pressing upon the' curved end 9 until aspace is had sufficient for the-escape of the strap.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Theherein-described check-hook comprising the hook 1, having the integralears 6 and the recess 2 in its shank, and the slot 5 adjacent to theupwardly-curved end 4, the guard 7, pivoted between the ears 6 andcurved backwardly within the hook l, and the upper portion of said guardheld within the recess 5 by a spring 3, the free outer end my own Ihzwehereto affixed my signature in of said guardbeingeurved outward anddownthe presence of tWo Witnesses. Ward revelsely to the end of the hookto form 1 t i :L V-shaped opening 'for the eheekren, said AUGUS F' KILHL5 guard bein g located entirely within the curve Vitnesses:

of the cheek-hook, substantially as described. ALBERT VVILDE,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as FRANK J. JANNER.

